Star Industries

What Star Industries does

Star Industries is a privately held US manufacturer of heavy-duty equipment attachments founded in 1982 and headquartered at 4101 Garland Drive in Fort Worth, Texas. The company designs and fabricates forged single-piece steel attachments for forklifts, skid-steer loaders, mini skid-steers, mini excavators, cranes, and masonry applications, with a portfolio of more than 100 distinct SKUs organized into categories such as booms, buckets, hoppers, platforms, spreader bars, grapples, augers, trenchers, breakers, brooms, replacement forks, and custom fork assemblies. Core technical differentiators include heat-treated forged steel forks rated to at least 1 million lift cycles and a minimum 825 Mpa yield strength, planetary drive auger systems, ISO 3834-2 certified welding with full MPI crack-testing, OSHA 1926 Subpart H and ASME B30.20/BTH-1 aligned lifting devices, and complete part traceability through stamped manufacturer identification on every fork. All products carry a 5-year workmanship guarantee and are marketed as 'rental tough.'

Name

Star Industries

Legal name

Star Industries

Website

https://starindustries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Star Industries is a US manufacturer founded in 1982 that designs and fabricates forged heavy-duty steel attachments for forklifts, skid steers, mini excavators, cranes, and masonry equipment, serving construction companies and equipment rental fleets across the United States and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Equipment Attachments

NAICS

Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331)

SIC

Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530)

akta.pro primary industry

Lifting Attachments & Material Handling Accessories (Fork Attachments, Slings, Rigging) (IMAHABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bulk Material Handling Systems (Belt Conveyors, Feeders, Stackers, Reclaimers) (IMAHABAH)

Keywords

• Heavy equipment attachments
• Forklift attachments
• Skid steer attachments
• Crane lifting attachments
• Construction equipment attachments

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Heavy equipment attachment sales: Star Industries generates revenue through the sale of heavy equipment attachments including forklift attachments, skid-steer attachments, crane attachments, and related accessories. Products are sold as one-time purchases with no subscription component.
2. Spare parts sales: The company sells replacement parts for their attachments including decals, hydraulic cylinders, shackles, pins, hoses, and other components through their Parts section.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Star Industries manufactures heavy-duty steel attachments for forklifts, skid-steer loaders, mini skid steers, mini excavators, and cranes used in construction, equipment rental, and industrial applications. The product line spans booms, buckets, hoppers, platforms, spreader bars, augers, grapples, breakers, trenchers, replacement forks, masonry equipment, and storage/rack solutions, with custom fork manufacturing to customer specifications. The company also sells replacement parts and accessories for its attachment lines and operates a Star Fork Selector tool to help customers identify correct replacement forks.

Product overview

Star Industries is a manufacturer of heavy equipment attachments for forklifts, skid steers, mini skid steers, mini excavators, and cranes. The product portfolio includes over 100 distinct attachments organized into categories: forklift attachments (booms, buckets, hoppers, platforms, spreader bars), skid-steer attachments (buckets, grapples, cutters, breakers, brooms, trenchers), mini equipment attachments, crane attachments (forks, lift boxes, trash skips, material baskets, spreader bars), masonry equipment (brick carts, mortar buggies, mortar tubs), and replacement fork systems (ITA forks, shaft-mounted forks, custom forks). The company also offers a Fork Selector tool and auger accessories. All products are manufactured in the USA with a 5-year workmanship guarantee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forklift Attachments Heavy-duty attachments designed for forklift-based material handling on construction and industrial jobsites. The line includes boom and jib extensions, buckets (standard and self-dump), fork extensions and replacement forks, concrete and trash hoppers, universal-fit lift hooks, safety and aerial work platforms, spreader bars, wire mesh handlers, concrete placement buckets, and fork carriages. Customers are construction firms, rental companies, and industrial facilities operating forklifts.
• Skid-Steer Attachments Attachments for skid-steer loaders covering digging, drilling, demolition, materials handling, grading, land clearing, sweeping, and site cleanup. Offerings include heavy- and extreme-duty buckets, concrete placement, grapple, root grapple, and skeleton buckets; augers and complete auger assemblies; trenchers; brush cutters and swing-boom brush cutters; stump grinders; power rakes; hydraulic breakers; brooms and pick-up brooms; land levelers; hydraulic walk-through fork frames; boom poles; tree and post pullers; post drivers; grapple rakes; slab eaters; trailer spotters; and trash/loose material hoppers. Customers are construction, landscaping, rental, and industrial operators.
• Mini Skid-Steer Attachments Compact attachments scaled for mini skid-steer loaders, including standard, root/grapple, and concrete placement buckets; forks and frames; auger kits; trenchers; brush cutters; breakers; manual power rakes; pick-up and angle brooms; land levelers; and gooseneck receiver hitches. Customers are landscapers, small contractors, and rental houses using compact equipment.
• Mini Excavator Attachments Buckets, root rakes, and extreme-duty brush cutters for mini excavators used in construction, landscaping, and site preparation. Customers are contractors and rental operators running compact excavator fleets.
• Crane Attachments Attachments that convert cranes into pallet-handling and material-lifting tools, including crane forks, crane lift boxes, crane trash skips, crane spreader bars, and OSHA/ASME-compliant crane material baskets (4,000 lb working load limit). Customers are construction and industrial operators using mobile, tower, or overhead cranes.
• Masonry Equipment Rough-terrain carts for moving bricks and blocks, rolling mortar buggies for transporting mortar, and forklift mortar tubs for moving and dispensing mortar on jobsites. Customers are masonry and bricklaying contractors.
• Replacement Fork Systems Replacement forks for warehouse forklifts (ITA style), telehandlers and rough-terrain forklifts (shaft-mounted), custom-designed forks manufactured to exact specifications including offset forks, radiused blades, and peek-a-boo backs, plus over-the-bucket forks that add forklift functionality to loaders, and replacement fork bars for pin-type carriages. Customers are equipment owners, fleet operators, and dealers needing durable, traceable replacement forks.
• Storage and Handling Solutions Storage racks, pallets, and stands for organizing attachments in rental yards and workshops, including forklift bucket racks, excavator bucket storage racks, auger racks, fork storage racks, hydraulic hammer stands, paver-breaking pallets, scaffold pallets, rammer stands, forklift loading platforms, and Lift n Tow / Load n Tow / Fork Mover / Trailer Spotter towing and moving aids. Customers are rental yards, dealerships, and contractor workshops.
• Auger Components and Accessories Bits, teeth, and accessories for Star auger attachments including rock augers and tree augers, plus an auger stump planer attachment (10-inch, 18-inch cutting depth) that converts auger drives into stump removal tools. Customers are skid-steer and mini skid-steer operators performing drilling and land-clearing work.
• Spare Parts Replacement parts for Star Industries attachments including decals, hydraulic cylinders, shackles, pins, hoses, and other components, sold to support installed base of attachments in field use.
• Star Fork Selector Interactive online tool that helps customers identify the correct replacement forks (ITA or shaft-mounted) for their specific forklift, telehandler, or rough-terrain equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fork life rated to at least 1 million lift cycles
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Werk-Brau: Werk-Brau manufactures heavy equipment attachments for excavators, loaders, and backhoes and is one of the most direct competitors to Star's excavator, loader, and skid-steer attachment lines in the independent attachment segment.
• AMI Attachments: AMI manufactures a broad line of heavy equipment attachments for loaders, excavators, and skid steers, making it a directly comparable independent attachment specialist to Star.
• Tag Manufacturing: Tag Manufacturing produces heavy-duty forks, buckets, and attachments for forklifts and skid steers, competing head-to-head with Star in the rental and industrial fork replacement category.
• CEAttachments: CEAttachments specializes in skid-steer and compact equipment attachments including buckets, grapples, and forks, competing with Star across the skid-steer and mini skid-steer product lines.
• Paladin Attachments: Paladin is a large independent manufacturer of attachments for forklifts, skid steers, and wheel loaders under brands like Bradco and JRB, directly overlapping Star's forklift fork, bucket, and grapple categories.
• Vail Products: Vail Products manufactures specialty attachments including mortar tubs, brick carts, and concrete buckets, directly competing with Star's masonry equipment and concrete placement attachment categories.

Broad incumbents

• John Deere Attachments: John Deere offers Worksite Pro attachments for its skid steers, compact track loaders, and wheel loaders through its dealer network, providing bundled OEM competition to Star's aftermarket positioning.
• Bobcat Company: Bobcat, owned by Doosan, sells its own line of attachments and Original Bobcat Parts alongside its skid steers and compact equipment, directly overlapping Star's full skid-steer attachment portfolio.
• Caterpillar (Cat Work Tools): Caterpillar sells Cat Work Tools attachments through its dealer network alongside its machines and is the largest broad-line incumbent competing with Star's skid-steer, excavator, and loader attachment categories.
• Kubota Attachments: Kubota sells attachments for its compact equipment including skid steers and excavators, representing another broad-line OEM competitor in the same end markets as Star Industries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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